United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon handed President Clinton additional responsibility Wednesday for earthquake-ravaged Haiti, charging him with overseeing aid efforts as well as reconstruction.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished nation January 12, devastating parts of the country. More than 200,000 people died from the quake, a spokesman for the country’s prime minister told CNN Wednesday.
Ban asked Clinton “to assume a leadership role in coordinating international aid efforts, from emergency response to new construction of Haiti.”
“You have demonstrated extremely important leadership,” Ban told Clinton, who is already the United Nations’ special envoy to Haiti.
Clinton will work with the Haitian government and the people of Haiti in recovery and reconstruction efforts, according to a statement released by Clinton’s U.N. office. He will help coordinate the work of U.N. agencies and other international partners in Haiti, including government donors, private investors and non-governmental organizations, the statement said.
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